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China’s ICBC bank this week sent a memo to employees outlining how they should behave with colleagues of the opposite sex. Read more>>
Oct 10, 2012 Comments(1)
Earthquakes have been a hot topic in China since a 5.7 magnitude one struck Yunnanin early September, killing 81 people. On September 19, one Weibo post in particular instantly grabbed the attention of the nation: "China experiences a large-scale 7.0 ...... Read More>>
Oct 07, 2012 Comments(3)
Editor's note: The following piece was translated and edited from a forum posting on the Chinese web portal NetEase. It concerns the (not-exclusively) Chinese social phenomenon colloquially known as the "virgin complex," which is the (sometimes ...... Read More>>
Sep 26, 2012 Comments(5)
Sharp followers of Chinese internet culture will recall a photograph taken earlier this year at the National People's Congress meeting: four young female staff members posing on the famous seat exclusively reserved for President Hu's famous bottom. ... Read More>>
Sep 23, 2012 Comments(4)
"Can the old lady who lives upstairs please not always ask me when I'm going to get married? Can my married schoolmates please stop trying to set me up with their idea of Mr. Right? When are women going to get to stop listing "marriage" on ...... Read More>>
Sep 17, 2012 Comments(2)
The following was translated and edited from the Chinese web portal iFeng's online "Blog Weekly" magazine (《博客天下》), who for their 100th issue asked 100 different celebrities and other notable personages to name one Chinese social norm that ...... Read More>>
Sep 09, 2012 Comments(1)
Editor's note: The following article was translated and edited from a classic "scam story" that's been circulating the Chinese blogs and forums for the past several years. According to the writer of the original post, he fell victim to a phone ...... Read More>>
Aug 13, 2012 Comments(16)
Editor's note: This article, translated from Southcn.com, briefly discusses the growing dissent amongst graduates from China's top universities towards their parents' impossible-to-fulfill expectations of them. Many of these parents have it in their minds ...... Read More>>
Aug 12, 2012 Comments(3)
Editor's note: This article was translated and edited from an article by Chinese blogger Yang Hengjun (杨恒均), originally posted on the Tianda Institute website. It discusses the role of fast food entities like McDonald's and KFC in China, as well as ...... Read More>>
Aug 08, 2012 Comments(4)
Editor's Note: The following article was translated and edited from an article that first appeared in the Qiliu Evening news. The article discusses the debated ethnic background of female Olympic weightlifter Maiya Maneza. The athlete won the 63 kg class ...... Read More>>
Jul 25, 2012 Comments(0)
Editor's note: This article was translated and edited from an article that appeared on the Boxun.com news service. It concerns a recent survey of political opinions conducted by a university professor. Though intended for a broader spectrum, the online ...... Read More>>
Jun 10, 2012 Comments(3)
Tianjin Satellite Television's popular reality show "Only You", in which contestants seek employment from a panel of judges called the "Bosses", has made headlines in the past, notably after a particularly harsh on-air criticism of ...... Read More>>
May 23, 2012 Comments(0)
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde wishing everyone a happy (Chinese) New Year; former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd helping out two Chinese students in need; the Mayor of London Boris Johnson canvasing for a recent election... These days, it ...... Read More>>
May 19, 2012 Comments(4)
Photo: news.backchina.com Chinese cyberspace is a peculiar phenomenon. In this relatively unreligious nation, the internet has taken on an almost spiritual quality. Like the religions of old and new, it claims to provide a sphere outside of the real world ...... Read More>>
Feb 08, 2012 Comments(1)
Editor's note: The following article was translated and edited from an article that recently appeared in Modern Express. It summarises a series of Chinese netizens' accounts of scams that they encountered while vacationing during the recent Spring Festival ...... Read More>>
Jan 29, 2012 Comments(5)
Photo: tui.qihoo.com Which one is your first name? For us Chinese, it's family name first and given name last – perfectly logical. But it's the other way around for Westerners so they often get confused when reading a Chinese name for the first time, ...... Read More>>
Jan 22, 2012 Comments(1)
It's Spring Festival again, the most important holiday of the year for many Chinese, and single guys and gals are again faced with having to answer to parents about when they can be expected to marry. There's the additional issue of having to save face in ...... Read More>>
Dec 22, 2011 Comments(0)
Editor’s note: A mild-mannered biochemist by day; a fraud busting "science cop" by night. Much like a comic book superhero, Fang Zhouzi has come to be regarded as one of China's foremost whistle-blowers on all sorts of scientific and ...... Read More>>
Nov 02, 2011 Comments(9)
Editor's Note: The following article was first published on yangse.com. It tells the accounts of a reporter tracking down the recent Weibo phenomenon known as the "pedicab foreigner". It is not the first time in recent months that Chinese netizens ...... Read More>>
Sep 02, 2011 Comments(1)
Expats are forever griping about China's strict internet policies and censoring of social media sites, but the Chinese internet has a crop of websites that rival Facebook, MSN, YouTube, and eBay. Here are eleven of the most popular: ... Read More>>
Aug 21, 2011 Comments(1)
Editor’s note: This translated article discusses the recent “permanent closure” of popular civilian-run corruption reporting websites in China, and the problems that can arise from an open and anonymous reporting platform. Photo: ...... Read More>>
Jul 24, 2011 Comments(0)
Research Associate Liu Ruisheng, of the Institute of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently noted that, over the last ten years, the number of Chinese netizens has increased nearly 20-fold. In 2000, the number of ...... Read More>>
Jul 23, 2011 Comments(1)
There is no denying that Internet usage in China is a booming business. With over 500 million people connected, China is by far the most active online nation in the world. Of that number, roughly two-thirds of these users play online games, which is about ...... Read More>>
Jul 10, 2011 Comments(2)
Editor’s note: This is a translated and edited version of an article from the Chinese site www.gcpnews.com. The article introduces “Ran Xiang”, a well-known user on the Chinese micro blogging website Weibo, who, refers to herself as the ...... Read More>>
Jul 04, 2011 Comments(2)
Scandals, celebrity catfights, pictures of the naked girl in the building across, political discussions, exposing corrupt officials or the conservative alternative of simply chatting with friends; the emergence of microblogging in China has offered people a ...... Read More>>
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